Former Neuralink Staffer Sues After Scratches From Herpes Monkey
- Woman alleges unsafe working conditions with lab monkeys
- Lawsuit claims retaliation, wrongful termination by company
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Elon Musk’s brain-implant startup Neuralink Corp. forced an employee to work with monkeys that carried the Herpes B virus in conditions in which the animals scratched her bare skin, according to a complaint filed Friday in state court in California.
The employee, Lindsay Short, said that once she transferred to the company’s Fremont, California, site in August 2022, she encountered “a work environment fraught with blame, shame, and impossible deadlines.” She said she was later fired after telling her supervisors that she was pregnant.